Western Front
Verdun: German success at Hill 304; mile-long stretch of French trenches stormed, but French regain most of them on January 26.
Eastern Front
Baltic Provinces: German counteroffensive around Riga against Russian lines continues. 1700 Russians and 13 machine guns are captured.
Romania: Battle of Pralea: Snowstorms and cold weather halts Central Power armies’ advances in Romania, with only isolated fighting today.
Southern Front
Albania: Street scene in the French-occupied city of Korçë, Albania. Albanian volunteers in the background:
http://imgur.com/zddTzKr
Asiatic and Egyptian Theaters
Mesopotamia: Maude attacks Hai salient southwest of Kut on a mile front with 13th Division (1,135 casualties including 3 battalion commander, 2 Victoria Cross) and 114 guns; one source claims: only half captured trenches held against counter-attacks, while another says: Turkish counter-attacks recover a little ground. One Victoria Cross went to Robert Phillips (
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Edwin_Phillips ); I am unable to track down the recipient of the second.
Naval and Overseas Operations
Atlantic: White Star liner and Armed Merchant Cruiser
Laurentic (350 killed) mined off Ireland, her gold cargo partially salvaged after Armistice.
North Sea: Southwold and Wangford on the Suffolk coast shelled by German destroyers.
Political, etc.
Austria-Hungary: Grand Admiral Anton Haus argues to Emperor Charles for unrestricted U-boat war. Charles then sees German Admiral Holzendorff (which promises 42 U-boats in Mediterranean) and Zimmermann.
France: Paris jury acquits Josephine Barthélemy of infanticide, as she testified the child was due to a rape by a German soldier.
French workers at the Schneider Steel Works, the 2nd largest in France, end their strike, as their work is essential to the war effort.
United Kingdom: British government announces beer production will be restricted by 30% starting on April in order to conserve food supplies.
British Treasury is given new powers to seize foreign assets in order to strengthen the country’s finances.